Edward DeVere Jr., 78, of Marvin, SD, passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown, SD. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Mundwiler Funeral Home in Milbank, SD. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service... Read more

Milbank put up a “W” after their season opener ended early with a score of  64-0 at Lakota Tech High School in Pine Ridge on Friday, August 29. Under the leadership of head coach Mick Thompson, Milbank led 42-0 at the half and tacked on 22 more points before the... Read more

Milbank juniors Cody Wiik and Kayla Schweer will claim some of the best seats in the house –on stage –  at the 98th Annual FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis. Wiik and Schweer are MHS band students who were chosen by audio audition to be members of the 2025 National... Read more

The fourth  food giveaway of 2025, sponsored by the Grant County Christian Service Council and Feeding South Dakota, will be held on Wednesday, September 10, from 4-5 p.m.  The event will again be held in the Living Word Church parking lot on the north end of Milbank on Hwy.15.  This... Read more

The Bulldogs traveled to the Madison Invitational on August 21. Jonathan DeBoer brought home sixth place for Milbank. He shot a 79. Finn Anderson of Aberdeen Roncalli was the medalist at 75 – just four over par. Harper Schnabel, also from Roncalli, carded 76 for second place. Schnabel, a sophomore who... Read more

Sanford Health announced today, August 28, that it will be taking over Lewis Drug, a family-owned pharmacy and retail store chain with 60 locations throughout South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota. The deal also includes the 11 pharmacies already located in Sanford Health clinics. Sanford says it expects the merger to... Read more

Ben Hogan said, “The most important shot in golf is the next one,” and the Bulldogs golf team is already focused on getting better during the 2025 season. Mark Keeton, head coach at MHS, said, “We are a very young team. We lost four starters from last year. Many of... Read more

David “Hooper” Gruenwald, 61, of Ortonville, MN, passed away on Friday, August 22, 2025, at Ortonville Area Health Services in Ortonville.  A Memorial Mass will be held on Friday, August 29, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Charles Catholic Church in Big Stone City, SD. Fr. John Helmueller will celebrate... Read more

Violet Roberts, 94, of Milbank, SD, passed away on Monday, August 18, 2025, at Avantara in Milbank. Private graveside services were held at LaBolt Cemetery near LaBolt, SD. Violet Bernice Roberts was born on February 11, 1931, to Danish immigrants Julius and Ester (Jepsen) Christensen in Odessa, Minnesota. She was... Read more

Peter Nelson, age 60 of Revillo, died in a house fire in Revillo on Thursday, August 14. Emergency services responded to a call of a structure fire at 8:45 a.m. Upon arrival, fire crews were able to extinguish the blaze, but Nelson was pronounced deceased. The Revillo Fire Department, the... Read more